Mindful Monday - Dealing With Anxiety

About This Talk

Chris takes on anxiety, which he calls very common and something that happens to all of us, often because we’re not sure what’s coming next. He returns to the comfort, stretch and panic zones from an earlier episode. He asks listeners to plot where they are with something, since knowing where you stand in a process brings a sense of security.

Key Ideas

• Much of our anxiety comes from not knowing what will happen next or when the next change is coming.
• Every comfort zone was once a panic zone; as we get comfortable with stretch and then panic, panic becomes our new comfort zone.
• Plot whether you’re in your comfort, stretch or panic zone, so you can sense how long you’ll be there.

“Whatever comfort zone we’re in at one point was our panic zone, because we’ve never been comfortable unless we’ve gone through stretch and panic.”